diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 7b057e2..2d1225d 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2016-11-25 Riccardo Mottola <rm@gnu.org>
+
+	* Modules/Debuggers/ProjectCenter/PipeDelegate.h
+	* Modules/Debuggers/ProjectCenter/PipeDelegate.m
+	skip and report empty lines as PCDBEmptyRecord
+
 2016-11-19 11:22-EST Gregory John Casamento <greg.casamento@gmail.com>
 
 	* Modules/Debuggers/ProjectCenter/PCDebugger.m
diff --git a/Modules/Debuggers/ProjectCenter/PipeDelegate.h b/Modules/Debuggers/ProjectCenter/PipeDelegate.h
index 40e62e4..fd55470 100644
--- a/Modules/Debuggers/ProjectCenter/PipeDelegate.h
+++ b/Modules/Debuggers/ProjectCenter/PipeDelegate.h
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@ typedef enum PCDebuggerOutputType_enum {
   PCDBBreakpointRecord,
   PCDBFrameRecord,
   PCDBThreadRecord,
-  PCDBAdaExceptionRecord
+  PCDBAdaExceptionRecord,
+  PCDBEmptyRecord
 } PCDebuggerOutputTypes;
 
 @interface PipeDelegate : NSObject <PCDebuggerViewDelegateProtocol>
diff --git a/Modules/Debuggers/ProjectCenter/PipeDelegate.m b/Modules/Debuggers/ProjectCenter/PipeDelegate.m
index 83d973c..c613b1a 100644
--- a/Modules/Debuggers/ProjectCenter/PipeDelegate.m
+++ b/Modules/Debuggers/ProjectCenter/PipeDelegate.m
@@ -148,9 +148,15 @@
 - (PCDebuggerOutputTypes) parseStringLine: (NSString *)stringInput
 {
   BOOL found = NO;
-  NSScanner *stringScanner = [NSScanner scannerWithString: stringInput];
+  NSScanner *stringScanner;
   NSString *prefix = NULL;
 
+  if ([stringInput length] == 0)
+    return PCDBEmptyRecord;
+
+  stringScanner = [NSScanner scannerWithString: stringInput];
+
+  //NSLog(@"parsing: |%@|", stringInput);
   [stringScanner scanString: @"(gdb)" intoString: &prefix];
   if(prefix != nil)
     {
@@ -310,7 +316,7 @@
 	}
       return PCDBResultRecord;
     }
-
+  NSLog(@"No match found parse: |%@|", stringInput);
   return PCDBNotFoundRecord;
 }